Due to the sad pause in trading by the wonderful Revive My Device in Brockley, I’m seeking an equally fab business who can step in with Macbook and IPhone maintenance issues, and getting me ready for Microsoft’s latest shenanigans which might render my Word package unusable. Help! In hopes of some good recommendations, and thanks in advance!
Only heard yesterday my go-to repair shop in Sydenham also appears to have closed down - they have relocated occasionally in the past and if I find where they are I will let you know.
Intrigued about your comment on MS Word being rendered unusable - is this for the Mac only or have you obtained a deeper insight from someone?
MS direction of travel on the design of Office 365 has degraded the qualities of that package substantially and whilst I have protested directly to them all I get in response is AI generated company lines (aka MS BS).
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I’ve had great and very affordable results with the guys at Electronics Stop next to Canvas and Cream. They’ve replaced a screen and battery on one phone, and a screen on another. Not sure if they do Macbook repairs, but it’d be worth asking. There’s also a great but slightly more expensive Apple specialist just before you get to the Watson’s General Telegraph on the left hand side as you drive down Forest Hill Road.
For personal use, I’ve now ditched all of MS Office / 365 and gone for OpenOffice https://www.openoffice.org/ Another good free alternative to Word is Libre Office https://www.libreoffice.org/ Unfortunately, my employer expects us to use MS for work purposes, so I’m lumbered with MS on my work laptop…
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I also use and recommend OpenOffice although last time I looked there wasn’t a version for iPad.
I don’t know anything about iPad/iPhone from first hand experience, but apparently this is a port of Open Office to iOS, so if anyone can comment on it, let us know.